Sealed-wrapped package



J. S. STOKES.

SEALED WHAPPED EACKAGE.

APPucATxo'N FILED sEPT.29,1917.

'UNITED STATES' PAT-ENT ori-ica JOHN BTOGDELL STORES,

F IOOBESTOWN, NEW JERSEY, .ASSIGNOB T0 STOKE- A MTION 0F PENNSYLVANIA- SEALED-waarvan rncxaeii.

'Speclcation of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1921.

Application iled September $39, 1917. Serial No. 193,930.

l To allwhom it may concern.'

`Be it known that I, JOHN S'ioGnnL'i. S'roims,a citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements iii Sealed-Wrapped Packages, lowing is a specification.

This invention relates useful improvements in to certain novel and certainv sides or walls of the box so as to completely seal the same, while when desired, such wrapper may be readily torn loose or stripped from the box so as vto permit the openingq of the latter and access to the contents. hus, while the goods, especially if of a perishable nature, or subject to deterioration under Aatmospheric influences, will be thoroughly sealed and protected from contamination and destruction,

yet when desired, the wrapper may be instantly and readily stripped from the box shell to such an extent as -to` permit the openingof the latter. f

Anot er object of the invention is the provision of awrapped package of this character wherein the wrapper blank is so shaped, vcut and applied to the box that a considerable saving of wrapper material' is obtained in comparison with the ordinary wra per blank commonl employed in connection with packages o this character, and

which ordinary blank envelops the entire box. In my wrapped package the wrapper through a completely wrapped package such asis shown in Fig. 2. Y

blank while covering the top, sides and ends of the box, does not completely cover or overlie the bottom part, and therefore, when the package is exposed to view in the usual manner, as on a shelf in a store, 'it will present the appearance of a completely wrapped package, the uncovered bottom sectionofcourse being concealed from view.

i The saving of material mentioned is animportant factor where the wrapper blank -is of which thefolsealed wrapped* of relatively expensive, transparent, or glacme paper, such as is much employed in wrapping packages, such as cartons of c` arettes and similar merchandise, for consiering the vast quantity of cartons so employed, the saving in the amount of glacine wrapper paper is an important item. It is desirable, with cigarette cartons, food product packages and the like, to use this glacine paper because the trade-marks, brands and other printed matter usually applied to the outer faces of the cardboard cartons can be inspected and observed through the glacine or transparent papervby the merchant and the purchaser, who can therefore tell at a glance whether or not the sealed wrapped box contains the goods or brand of goods desired.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a sealedv wrapped package of this character which will embody the desired features of neatness in appearance, economy in the amount of material emplcyedand in the cost of production.

.ith the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims. I

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a wrapper blank employed in connection with my sealed wrapped package and indicat' the marginal ortions of the ybla'n'k to whilizi the adhesive or sealing the wrapper is applied.

Fig. 2 is a lperspective view of a completely wrappe package.

Fig. 3 is a erspective view of a -partially wrapped ac age and showing the manner in which t e wrapper is sealed or adhesively secured to the bottom of the carton or box.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter A indicates the wrapper blank as an entirety and this blank is preferably made from a sheet of thin,

flexible, readily foldable material, such as glacine or transparent paper for with certain classes of packages, it isv advantageous to employ this transparent or glace paper for the reasons before mentioned, but it will of course be understood that if desired, this wrapperfmay be made from paper not necessarily transparent, and shouldv an opa ue or l5 non-transparent wrapper -blankbe emp oyed,

.'1 to form the top section 2 and the side sections 3 of the wrapper. The top section 2 has integral therewith at opposite ends a .pair of rectangular flaps 4 which are adapted to cover the ends of the box when the wrapper is a plied, these end tlaps'belng foldable on t e lines 5. Each side section 3 of the wrapper is formed with a pair of en d laps 6 foldable along the lines 7 and a longitudinally extending marginal lap 8. As shown in Fig. 1, each of these marginal laps 8, is of shorter length than the length of the side sections to which it is united, or of which it forms a part, so that when the wrapper is applied to the box and these laps 8 are folded .against the bottom of the box', there will be 'sufficient room between the ends of these laps and the adjacent end edges of the box to accommodate the lapped or folded free endsl ofthe end flaps 4, as will be understood by reference to .Fi 3. Each of these marginal laps 8 is coate on one side with'an adhesive as at 9, while each of the rectangular end Haps 4 is coated on one face adjacent three marginal edges with v anadhesive as at 10. If desired, ja small lamount of adhesive may also be applied to the laps 6, but this is not necessary, and therefore, it will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 that the blank is not completely coated withan adhesive, the latter being onl applied to the rectangular end flaps an to the longitudinal marginal laps 9. Thus when the wra per is applied to the box it will not be ad esively attached to all of the walls thereof, as is customary with tight-wrapped ackages, nor yet will it be free from all o the walls, as is 'the practice in making certain types pf loose-wrapped packages, but it will be free from some of the walls and adhesively attached at certain points to other walls. The manner of applying the wrapper to the box will best be understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 4. The vletter B 'indicates a box which in the present instance is-in the form of two telescoping box-shells, such as usually mah up` a carton for holding box, bottom up, is

packs of 1cigarettes' and thelike. In the ap) ication of the Wrapper the `blank is place on a suitable support with the adhesive face uppermost and the i lace on the blank so that the top wall o the box will rest upon or overlie the top section 2 of the blank. The side sections 3 of the blank are now naamw bent up against the side walls of the box and the longitudinal marginal laps folded inward against the bottom of the box and adhesively secured thereto by the strips .of adhesive 9, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 3. The end laps 6 of the side sections 3 of the wrapper blank are now folded in against, the ends of the box, but, lacking ladhesive in the present instance are not secured thereto. The end'flaps 4 of the blank are now folded inward against the ends of the boxand are adhesively attached to the outer faces of the end lapsv 6, and then the box is finally and completely wrapped and sealed by olding the remaining adhesively coatedmarginal edges of the end flaps 4 inward and downward against the bottom of the box, the adhesive of course causin the end fia sto adhere to the bottom o the box. T us the box will be completely and securely sealed against the entrance of air, foreign matter, such as dust,

dirt and the like, and the contents will be preserved alg'ainst deterioration.. At the same tlme, t e

wrapper,` while securel at- -tached by the adhesive to the box, wil notv be adherently attached to the latter at all the walls of the same so that when desired, the. wrapfper may be readily stripped o'r torn off rom the box to permit the latter to be opened by removing fthe cover and thus give access to the contents. The completely wra ped package will a ear as shown in 2, wheniexposed fdi'psale .in the usual manner,- andI in' the resent instance, the wrap er represente is 'of the transparent or g acinel paper hereinbefore mentloned, so that the markings, coloring matter and the like of the box w1ll appear and be readily observable through this transparent paper. v

In comparison with the ordinary form of completely wrapped box or ackage, it will be seen t at with; each box accomplish a saving of a strip or piece of wrap almost ual in area. to the area o the bottom of t e box, and this is an exceedingly importnthfactor in the ecolrimical productlon o t e wra pac ge especiall when the present ihd cost of this wrappei'I pa r is taken into consideration.

r paperY urthermore it will be noted that as the I w1sh `it to be understood that-I do not. confine myself to all the recise detailsof construction herein set fo by way of illustration, as modification and variation may one particular embodiment of myf invention,

be made without departin from the spirit of the invention or excee -'ng the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

'1. A sealed wrapped package comprising a box-like container and a wrapper therefor, said wrapper comprising a to rtion, end portions lntegrally connes t creto, and integral side portions havi extensions adhesively attached 'to the a jacent parts of the end portions, said top, side and end portions belng entirely free from fthe underlying package and having extensions at their outer edges overlying` and attached to the 'marginal portion only of the bottom ofthe package.

2. A package comprising a box-like container and a unitary sheet wrapper having edge portions adhesively attached to the margins of the bottom of the container, firming a substantially continuous joiner between the wrapper and the container, the wrapper being s aped to leave the remaining interior area of the bottom free of wrapping, the wrapper covering all the other faces of the container and being en-I tirely unconnected thereto, certain narrow marginal portions of the wrapper being adhesively connected to each other wt the ends of the container to complete the substantially dustand moisture-proof inclosure of the container.

3. A package comprising a box-like container and a wrapper consisting of a single sheet of transparent paper completely surrounding and inclosing the container, except one side thereof, the wrapper being entirely unattached to the container exoepton said side, the wrapper having edge portions adhesively secured to said side about the marginal outline thereof, leaving the central area of said m'de uncovered by the wrapper, certain other narrow marginal portions of the wrapper being adhesively secured together to complete the substantially dustand moisture-proof inclosure of the container." f

In testimony whereof .I have -hereunto se my hand.

` JOHN STOGDELL STOKES. 

